Giddy Elon Musk unveils ‘faster than Porsche’ Cybertruck in Tesla’s latest defiant bet
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Tesla began customer deliveries of the Cybertruck on Thursday, bringing to fruition an Elon Musk passion project that the billionaire boasts is stronger than bullets and faster than a Porsche."It's very rare that a product comes along that is seemingly impossible... that experts said would never be made," a giddy Musk told a crowd at Tesla's Austin, Texas headquarters. "And this is one of those times." The arrival of the angular truck, which has evoked the world of "Blade Runner" or "Mad Max," comes two years later than Musk's original time frame and at a starting price some $10,000 above the original target, owing to higher supply chain costs and manufacturing problems stemming from its iconoclastic design. Analysts have called the Cybertruck a high-risk project compared with Te...